CVE-2021-25269

Summary

CVECVE-2021-25269
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-26 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-12-03 19:01:00 UTC
DescriptionA local administrator could prevent the HMPA service from starting despite tamper protection using an unquoted service path vulnerability in the HMPA component of Sophos Intercept X Advanced and Sophos Intercept X Advanced for Server before version 2.0.23, as well as Sophos Exploit Prevention before version 3.8.3.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-428

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sophos Exploit Prevention All All All All
Application Sophos Intercept X Endpoint All All All All
Application Sophos Intercept X For Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20211126-ixa-hmpa-local-dos CONFIRM www.sophos.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Andrea Intilangelo

LEGACY: Florian Hansemann

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